Posted on 12/13/2021 5:30:07 PM PST by simpson96
Montreal Police have arrested six people in connection with a slew of online threats targeting schools in the Greater Montreal area.
The individuals are all students between the ages of 13 and 17 years old.
The arrests on Monday come after the cyber unit of Montreal Police conducted an extensive online investigation over the weekend.
According to Manuel Couture, spokesperson for the SPVM, the investigation was prompted after a number of concerning online threats toward schools and officials began circulating on social media platforms last week.
“It began when the teacher got stabbed on Thursday. After that, we began to have more and more threats. We had a closure the next day after, in the east end of Montreal, and they closed the school,” Couture said.
“After that, the trend exploded.”
Officials from Montreal police believe the online trend started among students after media reports about the stabbing of a teacher at a Montreal high school Thursday.
The assault took place at John F. Kennedy High School. The incident prompted a temporary lockdown.
Classes at John F. Kennedy High School were cancelled on Friday and are only set to resume on Tuesday.
Since the incident, schools across the Greater Montreal Area have been alarmed by an increase of threats from online forums.
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They provide no info at all about the nature of the threats or the motive behind them. Does that mean the perps are members of a protected class?
The lunch ladies skimping on the gravy for the poutine?
Happened in Frisco, TX. Its the fibbers. It is planned. Call me crazy.
Don’t tell me. Let me guess.
Tic Toc challenge?
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